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Over the past six years, a shuttered Vallejo elementary school stood vacant, serving as a visual reminder of the Bay Area city\u2019s declining student population.<\/p>\n

Whenever a bell rings, residents around the former Beverly Hills Elementary School know that it isn\u2019t the sound of classes starting, but of an alarm triggered by vandals breaking in.<\/p>\n

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But starting earlier this month, a new sound could be heard in the neighborhood: preschoolers playing in the yard. After undergoing a major overhaul, the campus reopened as an early learning center for up to 200 young kids.<\/p>\n

The new Rise Vallejo Early Education center is the latest example of a school repurposed to provide child care, following similar moves in San Jose and Hayward.<\/p>\n

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As school districts across California grapple with falling enrollment and rising expenses, experts say this kind of conversion could help revitalize communities and increase access to child care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nStruggling Bay Area Schools Get New Life as Badly Needed Child Care Centers - Sacramento Moving Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=41\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Struggling Bay Area Schools Get New Life as Badly Needed Child Care Centers - Sacramento Moving Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As school districts across California grapple with falling enrollment and rising expenses, experts say this kind of conversion could help revitalize communities and increase access to child care.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=41\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sacramento Moving Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-07T20:30:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5a3cdd39a32339452ab88bb3d2b949ac.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618\"},\"headline\":\"Struggling Bay Area Schools Get New Life as Badly Needed Child Care Centers\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-07T20:30:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/5a3cdd39a32339452ab88bb3d2b949ac.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41\",\"name\":\"Struggling Bay Area Schools Get New Life as Badly Needed Child Care Centers - Sacramento Moving Hub\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/5a3cdd39a32339452ab88bb3d2b949ac.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-07T20:30:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=41#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/5a3cdd39a32339452ab88bb3d2b949ac.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/5a3cdd39a32339452ab88bb3d2b949ac.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1333,\"caption\":\"Teacher Brianda Casillas works with children in a classroom at Rise Vallejo, an early education center, in Vallejo on April 28, 2026. 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